🇨🇳Chinese Source WordCode: ZH

工作

Pronunciation / Transliteration: gōngzuò

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Work/wɜːk/
nounverbCEFR A1 (Beginner)Top #45 frequency
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🇨🇳 Example Sentence in Chinese:

"他在一家大公司工作。"

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    Activity involving mental or physical effort done in order to achieve a purpose or result.

    "She goes to work every morning at eight o'clock."
As verb
  1. 1

    To engage in physical or mental effort in order to achieve a purpose or result.

    "He works hard to support his family."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the Old English word 'weorc', meaning deed, action, or labor, originating from Proto-Germanic *werkan-. Over centuries, it evolved to encompass physical or mental effort directed toward the production or accomplishment of something.

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